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YA Pride!

Pride month is here, and it's time to amplify queer books and voices for June and all year long! Whether you are after something funny, romantic, lyrical or thought-provoking, these 2LGTBQIA+ and diverse characters will make you laugh and cry but also feel nothing but PRIDE!

Oshawa Public Libraries

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  • It's 1994, and thanks to Section 28, there can be no mention of gay relationships in UK schools. When a kind librarian leads Jamie to a disguised novel in the library that reflects his confused feelings towards boys, Jamie sees that he's…
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2024. — TEEN F GREEN
  • As kids, their emerging identities drove them into friendship but also forced them into the woods to hide in an old, abandoned house when they needed safety. But one night, when the girls sought refuge, Mallory never made it back home.…
    BookNew York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2024. — TEEN F PARKE
  • Grant Rossi is never getting a happily-ever-after. Ever since he was a kid and made a wish on his family’s iconic Wishing Rose, his romantic relationships have been cursed to end. But when lovable Ben starts to break through Grant’s…
    BookNew York : Viking, 2024. — TEEN F SASS
  • Set in Toronto and Ottawa, 'Dancehall Rebel' is a groundbreaking novel about a Caribbean Canadian teen who challenges the ongoing legacy of homophobia in her musical and cultural community.
    BookToronto, ON : James Lorimer & Company Ltd, Publishers, [2024] — TEEN F ROBIN
  • Alana and Gray have been the perfect pair throughout high school, and neither of them thinks that should change just because Alana came out as a lesbian. Sure, their romantic relationship is over, but their best-friends-since-forever…
    BookNew York : Feiwel & Friends, 2024. — TEEN F HORNE
  • A high school senior hides his trans identity by day and by night lives in a fantasy circus dream world where he can be fully himself.
    BookNew York : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. — TEEN F LEBLA
  • Maya is a teen girl haunted by the ghost of her toxic ex-girlfriend, Alana, who gives her a chilling ultimatum—help her possess another girl or go down for her murder.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, 2024. — TEEN F KENNE
  • The first of five Stone Bearers chosen by magical gems and granted their powers, Reed must join forces with the other Bearers to seal a portal that prevents chaotic magical energies from destroying the world as we know it and fulfill their…
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2024. — TEEN F BARAK
  • The First Wives Club inspires three queer best friends in Alabama to exact revenge on their terrible exes, and a homophobic school initiative takes their mission in an unexpected direction.
    BookNew York : Delacorte Press, [2024] — TEEN F HUBBA
  • When her mother passes away, 16-year-old Dayana is forced to live with her estranged father and his new family in London, where she is utterly miserable until she runs into the girl of her dreams outside Buckingham Palace, who draws her…
    BookNew York : PUSH, 2024. — TEEN F ALVES
  • We Mostly Come Out at Night

    15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures

    Fifteen short stories from horror to romance with both classical and original creatures, all by authors from the LGBTQIA+ community.
    BookPhiladelphia, PA : RP Teens, 2024. — TEEN F WE
  • In the summer before college, eighteen-year-old Blake Brenner works to join the exclusive Serena Society with her girlfriend and turns to alcohol to cope with the pressure of pledging, as her pursuit of success begins to strain her…
    BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024. — TEEN F HAMMO
  • Tormented by his religious family and his conservative community, fourteen-year-old Josh struggles with the pressure to conform to their puritanical standards. As he embarks upon his high school years, Josh meets a supportive cast of…
    BookRaleigh, NC : Regal House Publishing, 2024. — TEEN F VERNO